Matthew 20:14
12 ‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.’
13 But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Did you not agree with me on one denarius?
Take your pay and go. I want to give this last man the same as I gave you.
15 Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
16 So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Take your pay and go. I want to give this last man the same as I gave you.
- KJV
- Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.
- WEB
- Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you.
- ASV
- Take up that which is thine, and go thy way; it is my will to give unto this last, even as unto thee.
- DARBY
- Take what is thine and go. But it is my will to give to this last even as to thee:
- BLB
- Take what [is] yours and go. But I want to give to this last one as to you also.
- ÅB
- Ta det som er ditt og gå! Men jeg vil gi denne siste like mye som deg.
- OTB
- Ta det som er ditt og gå. Jeg ønsker å gi denne siste det samme som jeg ga deg.
- B1930
- Ta ditt og gå! Men jeg vil gi denne siste like så meget som dig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 17:2
For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.
Read in contextLuke 15:31
‘Son, you are always with me,’ the father said, ‘and all that is mine is yours.
Read in contextEzekiel 29:18–20
“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it.
Read in contextMatthew 6:2
So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
Read in contextMatthew 6:6
But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Read in contextRomans 3:19
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
Read in contextMatthew 6:16
When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
Read in contextRomans 3:4
Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
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